Howard Smart

April 22, 2013

Howard D. Smart, 74, Iola, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013, at his home.Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola.Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com.

Ernest W. Stanley Jr., 89, Humboldt, passed away Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, at his home.
Ernest was born on May 8, 1927, in rural Independence, the son of Omer Ernest and Jessie (Green) Stanley. He grew up in the Independence area, farming with his dad before he was drafted... [More]

Barbara Jean Jones was born in Yates Center, Kansas on Sept. 14, 1947 to Lonnie Thomas and Marjorie Mae (Smith) Jones, growing up in Iola. She married William (Bill) Bland on Oct. 5, 1962. They later divorced. To their union three children were born.
Barbara worked her entire... [More]

NEWS

As 2016 draws to a close, members of the former Allen County Community Foundation are working feverishly to reach the latest grant threshold to earn a $50,000 grant from the Kansas Health Foundation
But there’s an $85,000 hurdle in the way. That’s how much must be... [More]

Iola’s Vespers Choir will celebrate its 60 years of performing Christmas songs for the surrounding community with its annual concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at Iola’s First Presbyterian Church.
The club’s genesis dates back to the former Iola Music Club, which viewed... [More]

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SPORTS

Allen Community College women’s basketball coach Todd Buchanan couldn’t bring himself to look at one point during the second half of the Red Devils’ 79-48 loss to Seward County Community College on Wednesday in Iola.
Buchanan was beside himself because after... [More]

For much of Allen Community College’s 85-80 home victory over Seward County Community College on Wednesday, there wasn’t any doubt about who the best player on the court was.
Seward’s Kevin Sims had 37 points and was almost single-handedly keeping the... [More]